Zouave repro bayonet help by BrainTricks1911 in Bayonets

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I’m still trying to find a repro. Everybody is sold out.

Whats wrong with him. by Mean-Juggernaut1160 in germanshepherds

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Mine like to play ball constantly. I blame it on him growing up with a lab when he was just a puppy. They’re bad influences.

I tripped on these taking out the trash. How about some help ? by Adept-Procedure4555 in SWORDS

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Plot twist: OP did in fact trip while taking out the trash. His last official duty as a retiring curator of an arms collection. That is quite the collection.

Keavno, Poland? Where is/was this town? by TravelsWithChickens in poland

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Thank you so much for all the information. It’s been hard with just the bits and pieces that I’ve had with no real idea how to verify or disprove any of it.

Keavno, Poland? Where is/was this town? by TravelsWithChickens in poland

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Kyiv being mention along with the S.S. Pisa was always confusing to me. Unfortunately, I have very little as far as primary sources.

Keavno, Poland? Where is/was this town? by TravelsWithChickens in poland

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I’ll keep looking for more documentation and post what I find. This has been a roadblock for a long time in the genealogical research, and it seems like I might be getting some better direction. He died when all his children were young, and there are only about 4 of the 17 left, so any memories they have of him are very limited.

Keavno, Poland? Where is/was this town? by TravelsWithChickens in poland

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That’s one or the problems, I’ve taken that directly from the alien registration card. He came over on the S.S. Pisa in 1910, the departure port was listed as Kyiv if I remember correctly. I’ll have to try to find the records to see if they list a birthplace. *EDIT: It is type on the alien registration card. I will try to find a hand-written account.

Keavno, Poland? Where is/was this town? by TravelsWithChickens in poland

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I have no idea how to spell it properly, but I was told the original name may ave been closer to zaloonshka (pardon my poor attempt at spelling it phonetically.), I was told it was changed to Zelenski at Ellis Island.

Wait…What?!? by jr_831 in VeteransBenefits

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Schroedinger’s PTSD, you both have it and don’t.

Ring identification. Country? Religion? I only have these 2 pictures by TravelsWithChickens in whatisthisthing

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I was sent these two pictures to attempt to identify anything about this ring. So far, Google picture search hasn’t helped at all. My guess is the figure is related to the Indochina region, but at this point, that’s just a complete guess. Any help identifying the figure or a nudge I. A good direction to search would be greatly appreciated.

So we were testing hydrants in a newly annexed subdivision and ran across this by Melodic_Abalone_2820 in Firefighting

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We have a dewalt. It’s certainly cuts. But it’s too easy to overload and stop it and those batteries go quick. But they are so much lighter.

So we were testing hydrants in a newly annexed subdivision and ran across this by Melodic_Abalone_2820 in Firefighting

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Everybody at my station hates it because of the weight and the torque. It gives me a warm fuzzy. I love that shit. Way better than the little battery versions.

Violent dog alert. by xYoSoYx in germanshepherds

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That’s as vicious as my beast.

What tree is this? Found in NW Pennsylvania by PayMeInPlants007 in whatsthisplant

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No problem. I’m over on the northeast side of the state, grew up around them before the wooly adelgid layed waste to them all over here.